Bring scrap wire here all the time and never had any issues. Some times they do get busy and you'll have to wait before unloading. However, the guys who help unload are nice. Unloading area is sheltered and heated. Take your slip of paper to the shack to get your cash. My experience here was better than one of the other yards in town.

Andrew Finein

06/12/2024 03:28:57

Truck driver speaking- once you pull in you scale on the left. Very friendly and good directions. I had to pull around back into dock 2. It’s a blindside dock but plenty of room to maneuver. Had to wait a while to get loaded but very friendly people

M B

03/23/2024 14:32:29

If you don't have time to waste then Do Not come to this place. Used to come here to scrap cars every few days but that was years ago. Was yelled at once for my truck over heating and spilling (water) on the scale. And very very rude staff. If you are scrapping a vehicle save yourself the hour long wait and goto midwest right down the road. Alters is a absolute joke of a company that will make you jump through hoops to get your cash.

Brandon Pfab

06/26/2024 17:13:11

Edit — your response inspired me to educate myself and it turns out I was reviewing the low value of a scrap vehicle, not your company. The payout was just shockingly low to me. That’s not your fault, the amount provided was in like with the market. Very nice staff.

Lars Rehnberg

10/11/2023 00:07:24

Always nice people, if you don't want to wait in a line go in earlier in the day. Not the highest paying if you are looking to get the most out of your scrap. No complaints overall except pay was lower than other places. 🙂

anna gathings

11/02/2022 19:12:18

Run! Do not load aluminum metal here. You've been warned. For whatever reason dirt and millions of tiny aluminum shavings are within the bundles of aluminum siding. They will not disclose this to you. You will only find out after you are unloaded. By that time your trailer is destroyed with millions of metal particles. Good luck finding anyone to washout your trailer. No Blue Beacon Truck Wash will touch it with a ten foot pole due to safety hazard of metal damaging eyes with high pressure wash.! Even if you are lucky enough to find someone after you have swept and blown it out, you will still have thousands of particles left behind after a washout. You probably will never be able to haul any food product again. Numerous complaints yet they do nothing to solve this major issue. I left a message for plant manager and calling corporate next. Calling better business bureau as well. This hazard was not disclosed prior to loading. May retain my lawyer to recoup any financial losses as well as the anguish and distress over the clean up, worrying about future load rejections, and income loss. They DESTROYED MY TRAILER WITH THESE MILLIONS OF TINY METAL SHAVINGS! RUN! RUN AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. I would rather deadhead 300 miles than take a load from here. It's not worth any amount per mile aside from if they would buy you a new trailer. Zero stars!

Rich Mosqueda

06/09/2022 16:11:52

I used to supplement my income with scrap for years, but haven't done much scrapping in the last 5 or so. I took up metallurgy and saved lots of non ferrous metals to melt and cast, and realized how much my stockpile had grown... That and the loads of computers my son fixes, he has loads of parts. Wife needed me to clear some garage space so I decided to pay Alter a visit. Same guys at the non ferrous scale that were there years ago, still just as friendly. They explained why they graded things where they did, I learned something and walked out with some extra cash. People up front were friendly, no complaints. Thanks Alter.

James Middleton

06/27/2022 01:10:05

Went through small scale with non ferrous metals. Employees helpful with explaining about different types of material and how to sort. Lady's at the pay window always friendly, helpful and a smile.

Joel Stuart

12/03/2020 20:03:26

Been there couple times with truck load. Very friendly atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Kyle Crews

02/09/2023 16:49:39

Mistakenly gave this business a review on accident and because of this I'm writing three stars because I do not want to hurt this business one way or the other and I could not remove my star rating. My apologies.

G-Man

03/22/2022 18:50:10

Worst recycling place ever if they had 0 srar I would give them that I sat I a line of cars that you couldn't turn around I n afor an hour it too 45 min before 1 car moved then iowa gives 5 cent can deposit and we turned in 40 cases of canes we had saved and we got 9.44cent and my girl forgot her ID at home not thinking they were just c and and they gave us apeice of paper said we had 7 days to come down and claim the 9.44 we saved those cans for half a year and wasted more time in the line then I make an hour I don't recommend this place to anyone

joshua senn

08/13/2021 04:08:35

Very easy to find, accessible, very clean for this type of business. Staff very friendly and helpful, answers questions, courteous. Very impressive, for this type of business. Floors swept & various containers grouped together. 10 stars.

Marlus Busch

10/27/2020 21:29:33

Always a hassle-free, workers are knowledgeable and helpful. They would receive 5 stars but they are not the the place that pays the most.

Joshua McLeod

10/19/2021 21:35:21

Guy goes hey, i'm going on lunch, someone will be with you. We'll I waited till he got off lunch. Then they scored my metal incorrectly. Said it had light iron in my aluminum. Liars! Go somewhere else yall

matt miller

03/10/2021 19:50:59

they helped me a lot showed me what is what you know as far as grade of metal I will go no where else the people there are great so to the people in the q.c.a if you're scrapping this is the place to be but that's my opinion

Dirty Duggish

01/09/2021 00:30:19

Good people here they do the best they can a lot of trucks every day

Dan Wells

07/29/2020 13:08:57

This place is a joke...they should probably hire a few more geriatric slow ass people to help out...45 minutes and the line hasnt even moved an inch

Brian Nesseler

09/16/2017 16:37:46

Makes you wait for an hr to wait for people to come look at the vin number straight bs

Tom Clawson

01/06/2021 19:27:39

Rude, slow, and wouldn't take some things other places do. Will never go back there

Mom Perkins

03/10/2018 14:12:02

Waited 3 plus hours for no one to help unload so I left ! Very disappointing

Craig Sexton

11/30/2020 19:44:39

Always a good place to go everybody is friendly

Mike Morgan

06/24/2021 22:22:55

Kinda long wait but once in didn't take long.

Richard Hahn

06/08/2021 20:15:02

Rude lady, waste of time if you are picking up at this place.

Mila Bahuto

11/20/2019 15:35:38

Bad business go somewhere else

Andre Grady

05/01/2023 20:18:42

Pays great for siding at the moment.

Ramon Rosales

04/28/2021 18:05:51

Very helpful in sorting through your metals

Ray Bogan

07/07/2017 18:47:04

Friendly and helpful staff.

Dawn B

09/23/2020 21:49:02

Longer wait time in the afternoon

Sherry Richards

11/16/2020 22:58:39

Been going here for years.

Corey Condon

12/04/2020 19:20:25

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Address:	640 Schmidt Rd, Davenport, IA 52802
Phone:	+1 563-328-3601
Services:	Recycling center
Methods of Payment:	Credit cards Debit cards Cash only
Rating:	Based on 60 Reviews
ZIP Code:	52802
Open Hours:	8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM
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Friday		8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM
Monday		8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM
Sunday		Closed
Tuesday		8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM
Saturday		Closed
Thursday		8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM
Wednesday		8:00 AM - 3:30:00 PM

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